Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1887-07-28
: THE CORN CROP.

The rains that have fallen within the
past week have greatly increased the
prospects for good corn crop in the dry
districts. The Wichita Eagle makes a
suggestion in the following article, which
would greatly. enhance corn prospects in
Western Kansas. Early maturing corn
would stand in no danger of the dry
weather either in July or August. A few
days earlier corn would, in many instan-
ces, produce abundant yields. The Ea-
gle says:
The question asked thousand times
since last March,, will Kansas raise a corn
crop this year? cannot be satisfactorily
answered yet. The drouth Of last year
was so severe that the ground was said to
be dried to greater depth than ever be-
tore known in this state. The rains this
summer do not seem to have sunken to
any considerable depth and in conse-
quence only few days of warm. dry
weather is required to tell disastriously
to the growing corn.
Information now in our possession war
rants US in saying that should the present
dry weather continue ten days longer the
corn crop of southern and western Kan
sas will be short one. Large sections
of country in the newer western counties
are 50 injured by the drouth that no amount
of rein can now insure a crop of corn.
The counties of Sedgwick, Cowley. But
ley, Sumner, Harvey, Keno, Kingman
and Harper being all under better cult.
ton than the newer counties, have not
suffered to the same extent as the newer
sections. But very considerable of the
corn even in those counties is now suffer.
ing badly for rain. And should the dry
weather last very short crop is certain.
There is one thing to which the Eagle
has frequently called attention, and that
is the tendency of corn in this section to
gradually mature later each year. In the
last few years this paper has advised our
farmers to secure seed corn from farther
north in order to secure earlier maturity.
We believe seed from northern Iowa
planted here the first of April would have
matufed by the fifteenth of July. Most
of the farmers in this state win agree that
if the present crop Of corn could have
matured twenty days earlier that it
would have been worth millions of dol
lars to Kansas. We do not remember to
have talked with an observant old settler
that has disagreed with our theory on
this matter and many farmers viii be
likely to think more of this matter here.
after, provided it, does not rain before
they read this. So thoroughly was ]. 81.
Todd convinced that the Eagles theory
is right on this matter that two years ago
when he was in the grain business he told
us that if the pAperswouldk bake tkis mat.
ter up. he would keep northern corn in
his grain house each year for seed, but
he was afraid the farmers would not buy
it unless an effort was made to convince
them of the benefits to be derived by the
change of seed corn. We believe this
subject should receive the attention Of
farmers and others who are interested in
the prosperity of Kansas.
The truthful Democrat never lies, but
it keeps so far ahead of the other fell
lows in the railroad news, that it makes
them sick, only short time and the
graders on the X. p. & w. VIII be
dirt in Fonda. The force is
1t work in great numbers all along the
line from GreessberR to Mullinville1
and few will be scattered all along
70 the county line, and then. there ne
mains only four miles to grade to reach
Fonda We are the FIRST to have the
iron horse. We are the first To- have
\ fine school house, real god bridge
ACROSS the river. We are to be the.
county seat, We are the frst and lat
md Ill the time-Edndn Den0Ofnk